Ghostbusters movie by Paul Feig

[DaddyfromNaboo]

The box office will tell us what people think about it. I think that it is a 50/50 chance that the movie will make profit. Huge hit? Hm. Because ... who is the target audience for this? A young crowd? Because I think that the old GB probably targeted a wider spectrum of audience. But let us see. Chris Hemsworth as a "Janine"? Hm. Janine was a stereotypical caricature of a real world character. The secretary/receptionist. I.e. we have a "normal business" that is not so normal. Can this be transposed into the 2010´s in the same way with a male receptionist? Without pulling out a few really low stereotypes? If the movie has no original elements in it then I´d consider it a persiflage of the original GB at best. Because with the inclusion of a "Janine"-character it does feel a lot more like they are just trying to mirror the originals. It´s going to be interesting to see what the other protagonists/antagonists/supporting characters will be mirrored into.

 

[Westies14]

Hemsworth is a calculated move to bring the teenage boys back into the audience fold. After Batman I started catching everything Keaton did.

 

[Westies14]

Is it really a creative new vision if they knock off as much as they can from the original but just invert the leads? Where we had men, let's use women. Where we had a pointed, bookish female librarian we'll use a man best known for playing a Norse god. Can't wait to see who gets cast as Wilma Peck or read the script... "Yes, it's true. This woman has no vagina."

 

[joshvanrad]

THis movie is going to blow, and the Hemsworth stunt move is just stupid.

 

[Jeyl]

THis movie is going to blow, and the Hemsworth stunt move is just stupid.

Want me to cal Shia LaBouf? I'm sure he's looking for work.

 

[joshvanrad]

Want me to cal Shia LaBouf? I'm sure he's looking for work.

Oh jeez! Please no! Think about what you're doing.

 

[cboath]

Hemsworth is a calculated move to bring the teenage boys back into the audience fold. After Batman I started catching everything Keaton did.

If you're right, it's right up there with Disney changing the name of the movie from Rapunzel (which everyone knows it as) to Tangled to help draw boys into the theater. And they admitted it verbatim.

 

[Jeyl]

If you're right, it's right up there with Disney changing the name of the movie from Rapunzel (which everyone knows it as) to Tangled to help draw boys into the theater. And they admitted it verbatim.

They did the same thing with Frozen. What a biblical disaster that was.

 

[jlee562]

Question: what casting would have NOT been considered "stunt casting?"

Comparing the reaction here, to say, slashfilm, is really interesting.

 

[KrangPrime]

slightly off topic....but another reboot I have no faith in at all ;o). zombie curly and clown larry.. I wonder which will be worse ;o). http://tinyurl.com/pyz8zl3

 

[Tribal Spaceman]

I just don't understand why this couldn't have been a spin-off instead.

They did the same thing with Frozen. What a biblical disaster that was.

Frozen wasn't an adaptation of The Snow Queen though, it was a mostly original tale.

 

[Jeyl]

Frozen wasn't an adaptation of The Snow Queen though, it was a mostly original tale.

Which was originally to be called "The Snow Queen" but was decided to go with frozen instead. Just like Tangled.

 

[ghostryder]

http://collider.com/ghostbusters-re...utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=collidersocial

 

[delta88]

First set photo's. I bet that plumbing van is the new Ecto-1. I really hope I'm wrong.

http://www.boston.com/entertainment/2015/06/18/exclusive-first-photos-from-the-set-ghostbusters-everett/eCDXjBZees1qPppRHfrxLK/story.html

 

[ItalianNinja86]

Well the fact their using Boston as a stand in for New York is dumb as hell.

I understand the cost might be to high to shoot there but neither city looks alike, Boston is a better stand in for Philadelphia then New York

 

[Westies14]

They're not even shooting in Boston, today. They're shooting in Everett and Malden, total dumps of towns (I used to live in Everett, right down the street from the school they're in today). The financial district in Boston (where they're shooting later) is generic enough - not old style like PA. Still, lame. NYC is difficult to fake.

 

[Solo4114]

They appear to want it to be Brooklyn, which is probably a bit easier to fake, actually. And Boston's probably a hell of a lot cheaper to shoot in than Brooklyn. Plus, fewer hipsters.

--EDIT--

Also, I may be biased here, but there's really no substitute for Philadelphia. Plus, given the city's pro-shoot-your-films-here stance, there's no reason to go elsewhere unless you're getting state tax discounts or somesuch (which I wouldn't count on in PA -- we need the money).

 

[ItalianNinja86]

Oh trust me I live right outside Philly in Jersey, there's no place like it.

I'm just saying Boston is a lot more like Philly then NY

 

[CelticRuins]

I only have one line to say about this:

Please kill this reboot with fire.

 

[Halliwax]

ill be heading threw boston in a few minutes... now i have to think about this reboot while driving threw... why just why are they doing this?!